God, morality and the meaning of life

The Moral Life: Essays in Honour of John Cottingham

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 201-227

  Metz, Thaddeus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Categorical Reason; Epistemic Reason; Moral Norm; Moral Realism; Religious Experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 60950533747     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230583153-10     Document Type: Chapter

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